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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the page 27 lines from "Asterion's Lament," "Let me be your tender captain, ferry/ the ultramarine thread you unraveled"" what literary technique is being employed?
(a) Epistrophe.
(b) Apologia.
(c) Alliteration.
(d) Double entente.

2. In "Ink-Light," what technique is employed in the line, "I touch her with the eyes of my skin" (34)?
(a) Synechdoche.
(b) Meiosis.
(c) Synesthesia.
(d) Oxymoron.

3. In "They Don't Love You Like I Love You," what kind of person does the speaker want to love her?
(a) Someone who is not American.
(b) Someone white.
(c) Someone long dead.
(d) Someone who understands her.

4. In "Wolf OR-7," the speaker describes a "tourmaline" dusk. What does tourmaline look like?
(a) It is a clouded and luminous orange.
(b) It is clear, with hues shifting from green to pink.
(c) It is a clear yellow, but has green, blue, and pink occlusions.
(d) It is opaque, varying from red to orange.

5. In "Catching Copper," what technique is used in the strophe about the brothers dancing, on page 10, when the dance "The worm" is mentioned?
(a) Double entente.
(b) Anthropomorphism.
(c) Oxymoron.
(d) Sarcasm.

6. In "Like Church," what fruit does the speaker say the afterlife will be full of?
(a) Apples.
(b) Melons.
(c) Pomegranates.
(d) Figs.

7. In "Blood-Light," what does the speaker say the story is about?
(a) Stars.
(b) Land.
(c) Blood.
(d) Love.

8. In "The Mustangs," what AC/DC song is mentioned?
(a) "Shot in the Dark."
(b) "Back in Black."
(c) "Thunderstruck."
(d) "Highway to Hell."

9. In "Run'n'Gun," what sport does the speaker discuss?
(a) Lacross.
(b) Baseball.
(c) An ancient Mesoamerican ball game.
(d) Basketball.

10. In "From the Desire Field," what other poet is alluded to?
(a) Octavio Paz.
(b) Rosalía de Castro.
(c) Federico García Lorca.
(d) Pablo Neruda.

11. In "Ink-Light," to what does the speaker compare her desire?
(a) A train.
(b) A carnivorous plant.
(c) A bomb.
(d) A jaguar.

12. In "Catching Copper," when the brothers are searching for their bullet, what sound is heard?
(a) Barking.
(b) Clicking.
(c) Laughter.
(d) Moaning.

13. What vehicle is mentioned in the opening of "Manhattan Is a Lenape Word"?
(a) Ambulance.
(b) Airplane.
(c) Subway train.
(d) Taxi.

14. On page 32 of "Wolf OR-7," what motifs from earlier poems in the collection recur?
(a) The "dunes of your hips" and "long thirst."
(b) "Instinct" and "desire."
(c) "Tracking" and "cameras."
(d) "A same wilding path" and "wolf naps."

15. In "From the Desire Field," how does "soy una sonámbula" function as an allusion?
(a) It refers to the poem "Romance Sonámbulo."
(b) It refers to a character from the movie Sleepwalking.
(c) It refers to a character from the novel Intemperie.
(d) It refers to the poem "Sleep and Poetry."

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Mustangs," what is the purpose of mentioning the brother's "thin ankles" (35)?

2. In "Manhattan Is a Lenape Word," when the speaker claims to be the only Native person "on the 8th floor of this hotel or any," what technique is being used (14)?

3. In "Like Church," what does the speaker say she has "escaped through" (29)?

4. In "Postcolonial Love Poem," the speaker mentions a "cabochon." What is a cabochon?

5. In "They Don't Love You Like I Love You," why is the word "Maps" in quotation marks?

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